Marie Levesque

Marie Levesque (died 31 October 1792) was a French merchant from Paris. She was the wife of Thomas Levesque, and their family was strong in the mercantilism of Paris.

Biography
Marie Levesque was born in France, and she married Thomas Levesque, a member of the strong Levesque family of merchants. She became rich with his help, marrying him only so that she could get the money for the Templar Order. She was initiated under Francois-Thomas Germain and became one of his agents.

In the summer of 1792, she cut off the supply of bread to the people of Paris by using thugs to hijack the wagons, causing the Les Halles Food Riots, showing the weakness of the new government. The riots were ended by Arno Dorian and Theroigne de Mericourt, who together killed the thugs and returned the bread to the people. However, from September to October the people starved again in the "Starving Times" of the French Revolution after she diverted grain shipments on barges to the docks of Germain.

Her plot was stopped by Arno and Elise de la Serre, who found out about the shipments' diversions and headed to her ballroom in her mansion in the Sorbonne district of Paris. Levesque's husband was locked in a room as she was about to "do something terrible", so Arno rescued him by picking the lock. Arno then killed a guard on a balcony overlooking the crowded ballroom, where she was greeting her guests. Arno shot her with a Phantom Blade, disabling her. He then jumped onto the floor and stabbed her with his hidden blades, finishing her off.